Category: Culture

Kazi Nazrul Islam wrote the poem Woman (নারী) which is all about gender equality. This is a really beautiful poem and one of he’s best. Translating this poem into English was not easy and there are many words and grammar that does not translate very well into another language. This is my first attempt at translating a Bengali poem and

After winning the Great British Bake off challenge last year Nadia Hussain became an overnight role model for people in Luton and in particular the Bangladeshi community. In an interview recently Nadia sparked fury amongst the Bangladeshi community when she said that Bangladeshi people avoid using chairs when they eat and also claimed that there was no cheese or concept

Bengali gentleman is a dying breed, once a way of life and behaviors commonly expressed by our grandfathers and fathers generation. What is a Bengali gentleman? It’s certainly not the way they dress, but rather something that comes from within each person, the way they behave towards others and how they express themselves. There is close similarities with the English